{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,15]],"date-time":"2026-09-15T04:04:15Z","timestamp":1789445055643,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":32,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"5","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,18]],"date-time":"2014-03-18T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1395100800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/termsAndConditions#vor"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Journal of Forensic Sciences"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,9]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:p>Urogenital myiasis of newborn infants, although rare, is usually considered to indicate neglect due to attraction of flies to feces; however, infant feces have not been determined to attract insects. Human meconium and breast\u2010fed\u2010infant feces were used to determine attractiveness to insects and to examine subsequent colonization and growth patterns of insect larvae. Despite small amounts of fecal material present, adults of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L<\/jats:styled-content>ucilia sericata<\/jats:italic> arrived at breast\u2010fed\u2010infant feces within five minutes; insects were rarely observed on meconium. Oviposition and growth of <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L<\/jats:styled-content>.\u00a0sericata<\/jats:italic> larvae occurred only on breast\u2010fed\u2010infant feces; however, the larvae did not progress beyond the second instar. These data suggest that urogenital myiasis by <jats:italic><jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">L<\/jats:styled-content>.\u00a0sericata<\/jats:italic> in newborn human infants within the first few days postpartum would not be expected, but desiccation and depletion of infested feces may provide a possible pathway for urogenital myiasis in older newborn infants.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/1556-4029.12413","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,18]],"date-time":"2014-03-18T06:43:02Z","timestamp":1395124982000},"page":"1394-1396","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Field Study on the Attraction and Development of Insects on Human Meconium and Breast\u2010fed\u2010Infant Feces"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Grant D.","family":"De Jong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Ecological Division GEI Consultants Inc. Denver CO 80237"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_5_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.106.1.e6"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_3_1","first-page":"9","volume-title":"Entomology & death: a procedural guide","author":"Lord WD","year":"1990"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.en.37.010192.001345"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_5_1","first-page":"541","article-title":"A contribution to the study of the insect fauna of human excrement with especial reference to the spread of typhoid fever by flies","volume":"2","author":"Howard LO","year":"1900","journal-title":"Proc Wash Acad Sci"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_6_1","first-page":"88","article-title":"Abundance and phenology of some coprophagous beetles in different kinds of dung","volume":"3","author":"Rainio M","year":"1966","journal-title":"Ann Zool Fenn"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_7_1","volume-title":"A bibliography of the arthropods associated with dung","author":"Kumar R","year":"1976"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_8_1","volume-title":"Carrion and dung: the decomposition of animal wastes","author":"Putman RJ","year":"1983"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_9_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"A checklist, distributional records, and annotated bibliography of the insects associated with bovine droppings on pastures in America north of Mexico","volume":"9","author":"Blume RR","year":"1985","journal-title":"Southwest Entomol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1515\/9781400862092"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_11_1","volume-title":"What to expect the first year","author":"Murkoff H","year":"2008"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00005176-199210000-00004"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.4182\/SFRR4922","volume-title":"The blowflies of North America","author":"Hall DG","year":"1948"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/00222938900771021"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_15_1","first-page":"689","article-title":"Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America north of Mexico","volume":"108","author":"Whitworth TL","year":"2006","journal-title":"Proc Entomol Soc Wash"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_16_1","first-page":"120","volume-title":"Biological control of Muscoid flies","author":"Legner EF","year":"1986"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_17_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Rove beetles of subtribe Philonthina of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): classification, phylogeny and taxonomic revision","volume":"3","author":"Smetana A","year":"1995","journal-title":"Mem Entomol Inst"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1098\/rstb.1950.0001"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_19_1","first-page":"378","article-title":"An annotated checklist of the Calliphoridae (Diptera) of Colorado, with notes on carrion associations and forensic importance","volume":"67","author":"Jong GD","year":"1994","journal-title":"J Kans Entomol Soc"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1744-7348.1956.tb02141.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1556-4029.2011.02010.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2915.1999.00163.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_23_1","first-page":"287","article-title":"Factors affecting the oviposition of Phaenicia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae)","volume":"64","author":"Easton C","year":"1991","journal-title":"J Kans Entomol Soc"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00005176-200304000-00017"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_25_1","first-page":"62","article-title":"\u00dcber die besiedlung des meconiums","volume":"177","author":"Feldheim G","year":"1960","journal-title":"Zentralblatt Bakteriol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.resmic.2007.12.007"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/00005176-200001000-00019"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5962\/bhl.title.65688"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_29_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0020-7519(03)00136-X"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_30_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.pt.2006.01.008"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_31_1","first-page":"225","article-title":"Observations sur la morphologie des scl\u00e9rites larvaires de Phaenicia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera, Calliphoridae)","volume":"122","author":"Lehrer AZ","year":"1986","journal-title":"Bull Ann Soc R Belge Entomol"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_32_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.jp.7211654"},{"key":"e_1_2_5_33_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00287.x"}],"container-title":["Journal of Forensic Sciences"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2F1556-4029.12413","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/1556-4029.12413","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,5]],"date-time":"2023-10-05T19:00:39Z","timestamp":1696532439000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/1556-4029.12413"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,18]]},"references-count":32,"journal-issue":{"issue":"5","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2014,9]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/1556-4029.12413"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1556-4029.12413","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0022-1198","1556-4029"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0022-1198","type":"print"},{"value":"1556-4029","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2014,3,18]]}}}